馬老師英文教室: They

這課要教大家的是新聞英文，學習如何活用”THEY”, 由最有國際觀的馬老師來示範

記者:

對於如此即將到來的氣候,台灣是否該有更好的準備?

Should Taiwan not have been more prepared for this weather that was coming?

馬:

不.在這地區,這是好多年才有的.這是為什麼他們沒有完全準備好.如果他們有的話,他們應該更早就被撤離.正因為他們留在他們住的地方,所以你看,他們沒有想到這災難會有多嚴重.
No. In this area, this is the first time in many years. That is why they were not fully prepared.  If they were, they should have been evacuated much earlier. Just because they stayed in where they lived.  But you see, they didn’t realize how serious the disaster was.

THEY屬於第三人稱，就是”他們”, 連續用6次可以加強語氣，也就是說一切都與我(I)無關。

這段回答也可翻成文言文:

馬皇對曰：「此等災難，畢生僅見，民皆未備、彼若備，早離之。因其固守、汝可見、彼未能解此災之重，若知，必不至此。」以上譯自CNN於台灣災區，記者與馬英九採訪對話。

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